Columbus Grove High School - Col Gro Yearbook (Columbus Grove, OH)

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Grateful for such wonderful guidance in learning that we may better learn to guide those who may become our responsibilities, are, Gary Allen, Kenneth Alstaetter, James Baer, Margaret Bartz, William Begg, Marilyn Benroth, Mary Martha Best, .Toe Blankemeyer, Maynard Bok, Robert Brubaker, Patsy Carpenter, Frank Cartwright, Richard Caudill, Larry Edwards, Bud Emick, Don Evans, Allan Eversole, Mary Fuerst, Martha F uerst, Merlin Gerdernan. Jean Hitchcock, Richard Hitchcock, Janet Jones, Karel King. Peggy King, Jack Kissell, Dennis Kohli, Robert Kohli, Le Roy Maag, Glen Martz, Kay Mayberry, Jay McAdams, Carolyn McNamara, Marilyn Meyer, J oMiller, Eula Jean Moore, Judy Nichols, Joyce Rada- baugh, Helen Ricker, Beverly Riethmaier, Eleanor Risser, Noretta Rogers, Ronald Schindler, Alice Schroeder, Dennis Siefker, Dorothy Smith, Carol Solomon, Donna Lou Stratton, Dorothy Watkins, and Evelyn Fruchey. 3 9 0 1 3 fxwf ck 1 l , Tk ye!-Q. ,5 21, ..,-,sag fw6.3.S 22

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Ill TOIlY of CLASS of 55 Education--the result of. and the reward for, years of serious, studious application. Although we, the class of 1955, surely felt we were blazing a trail back in 1943 it behooves us to consider and realize there were those who traveled the same trail before us. The very fact that we are graduating this year indicates that at least a few. in whose footsteps we followed, applied themselves mindfully and considerably more diligaitly than others. They were our teachers--to whom we shall be eternally grateful for their knowledge, understanding, and most of all, their patience. It was Mrs. Helen Gulker, of Ottawa, who greeted 44 of us, 12 years ago, as we were parentally embarked into a new world. Our success in the ensuing years is attributed to the fine start she gave us at such an early age. Our class consisted of Emma Arn, Margaret Bartz, William Begg, Marilyn Benroth, Mary Martha Best, Eleanor Bixel, Donald Billingsley, Sue Ellen Blosser, Patsy Ann Carpenter, Joyce Ann Davis, Don Evans, Allan Eversole, Larry Edwards, Evelyn F ruchey, Judy Geckle, Richard Hitch- cock, Jean Howell, Richard Irvin, Nancy Ann Joseph, Karel King, Dennis Kohli, Robert Kohli, Kay May- berry, Donald Meyers, Arthur Meyers, Ilo Meyers, Glen Martz, Ronald McDowell, Jay McAdams, Jackie Martin, Gary Mitchell, Ronald Mitchell, Dennis Nauman, Judith Nichols, Lavada Parker, J acquelyn Pingle, Noretta Rogers, Paul Ridinger, Donald Ritter, Joyce Radabaugh, Donna Lou Stratton, Betty Jo Scott, and Sonya Steinhour. Our class normally progressed to the care and guidance of Mrs. Emma Sarka, grade two, where we began to learn, without actually realizing, that life is full of mysteries. Others among the mystified were Frank Cartwright, Daniel Harshman, Peggy King, and Dorothy Watkins. Mrs. Ellen Roberts greeted us for our third year, on the road to development and knowledge, and none of us realized her knowledge for development. And her development problems also included Shirley Betts, Donald Cummins, Mary Margaret Mackin, and Wanda Spallinger. Mrs. Florence Brooks now became our beacon, the light in whose rays our fourth year was made bright. Her class was comprised of Gary Allen, Bob Brubaker, Janet Jones, William Ogle, William Roberts, and Jim Baer. Mrs. Lucille Custer must have felt she was making her last stand when her fifth grade in 1947 included Marlette Barber, Dale Elliot, Eleanor Risser, Mary Smith, and Albert Studer. In this class we learned among other things, how to make friends, through writing to pm pals. Our sixth year was spent with Mrs. Margene Shieldler, and we were fortified with the personalities of Rosemary Austin arid Ketmeth Kellogg. It is quite probable Mrs. Shiedler's time was well spent before the semester terminated. In our seventh year we literally moved up--Upstairs . We now became the responsibilities of Mrs. Helen Ridgeway. But we did assume the dignity of our station to present a chapel program, A Gost For Alfred . ln our eighth year, for the first time, our advisor was a man, Mr. Collins Stackhouse and to him fell the task of final preparation for our big step into high school. His efforts, of course, were success- ful. Our freshman year brought us new friends as well as a broader horizon. The friends from Cairo were Kenny Alsteatter, Maynard Bok, Bud Emick, Merlin Gerdeman, Rosemary Glasco, Jo Miller, Carolyn McNamara, Ronald Schindler, Dennis Siefker, and Carol Solomon, and, from St. Anthony's were Joe Blankemeyer, Mary Clara Fuerst, Martha Fuerst, Mary Martha Halker, Jack Kissell, Marilyn Meyer, Le Roy Maag, Gladys Schumacher, Helen Ricker, and Alice Schroder. Advising us carefully and wisely through this important first year of high were Mr. Wade Shank and Mr. William Riley. They passed us on to Miss Jane McNary and Mr. Harry Burson for our sophomore year the year, in which we selected our class rings. Miss Janet Funk and Mr. Eugene Basinger welcomed us to our junior year. The class also wel- comed Eula Jean Moore into our class. Our class rings arrived in October, and our play presentation was symbolically Going Places . Our prom was an important event to all of us with Mardi Gras as the theme. Then almost before we realized it, we became seniors. During these twelve years there were, undoubtedly, times when at least some of us felt the span was endless. But now we know it was perhaps the most important time of our lives. And only through the painstaking, untiring efforts of our instructors in each of the twelve years have we attained this goal in complete preparation for the full interesting years ahead. 21'

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LAST WILL and TE 'FAME 'I' Gary Allen wills his Chrysler to Gary Bricker. Kenneth Altstaetter wills his curly hair to Que Ball Anderson. Jim Baer wills his curly hair to Don Johnson. Margaret Bartz wills her shortness to Georgianna Terhark. Bill Begg wills his athletic ability to Gene Langhals. Marilyn Benroth wills her ability, to get along with Miss Funk, to Rita Bowers. Mary Martha Best wills her ability to play the piano to Beech Osborn. Joe Blankemeyer wills his pretty legs to Dave Bourquin. Maynard Bok wills his seat in English to Bobby Joe Woods. Bob Brubaker wills his way with the Lima girls to Roy Dotson. Patsy Carpenter wills her first period librarian position to Octavio Cruz. Frank Cartwright wills his trips to the national F. F. A. convention in Kansas City, to any girl that thinks she can get along with 50,000 boys. Richard Caudill wills his way with women to John Hoyt. Larry Edwards wills his seat in English class to anyone dumb enough to take it. Bud Emick wills his ability to argue to Wayne Smith. Don Evans wills his class treasury job to any dumb junior. Allan Eversole wills his bashfullness to Jackie Bradford. Martha Fuerst wills her athletic ability to Sondra Anderson. Mary F uerst wills her seat in Civics to anyone dumb enough o take it. Evelyn F ruchey wills her way with Miss Hawk to Virginia Cartwright. Merlin Gerdeman wills his scholastic ability to Evan Thomas. Jean Hitchcock wills her ability to sing high C to Gloria Bradford. Richard Hitchcock wills his false teeth to anyone who didn't get theirs for Christmas. Janet Jones wills her blonde hair to a certain Junior girl who tried to make hers that way. Karel King wills her ability to handle money to anyone who likes to have their fingers in the dough. Peggy King wills her oversized class ring to Miss Clayton. Jack Kissell wills his hot '39 to anyone who can drive it. Dennis Kohli wills his red Ford to any Junior with money and nerve enough to drive it. Robert Kohli wills his ability to study literature to Miss Clayton. LeRoy Maag wills his ability to get along with all the girls to Jerry Watkins. Glenn Martz wills his curly hair to Sam Barto. Kay Mayberry wills her ability to get out of 8th period study hall to Denise F ruchey. Jay McAdams wills his bashfullness to John Maloney. Carolyn McNamara wills her seat in Civics to Linda Roeder. Marilyn Meyer wills her majorette outfit to Jim Jones. .To Miller wills her beautiful hair to Rita Bowers. Eula Jean Moore wills her numerous dates to Jean Kohli. Judy Nichols wills her glasses to Martha Jones to impress the teachers with her intelligent look. Joyce Radabaugh wills her black hair to LaVonne Bok. Helen Ricker wills her trombone to anyone who thinks they are as windy as she is. Beverly Reithmaier wills her seat in Senior English to anyone dumb enough to take it. Eleanor Risser wills her Shawnee class ring to any girl who likes lndians. Noretta Rogers wills her way with Pandora boys to Virginia Diller. Ronald Schindler wills his neatness to Wayne Culp. Alice Schroeder wills her position as annual editor to anyone who wants a lot of work. Dennis Siefker wills his ability to drive the way he does if you're tired of living. Dorothy Smith wills her shyness to Gloria Dunlap. Carol Solomon wills her nickname Birdie to Sondra Anderson. Donna Lou Stratton wills her ability to play the violin and talk to Virginia Cartwright at the same time in Orchestra, to Gene Nance. Dorothy Watkins wills her waitress ability to Georgianna Terhark. 23